© Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum
© Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum
The Isle of Wight Ingot Hoard
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 2005
- Dimensions
- Various
- Vendor
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The hoard consists of 3 metal ingots, late pre-Roman Iron Age coins including 18 gold and 138 silver staters, 1 thin silver coin as well as 7 Roman coins.
The coins were made by the ancient British tribe of the Durotriges who lived in Dorset before the Roman invasion of AD43. It is unusual to find ingots of this large size and shape which suggests a religious context for this hoard, especially when the coins were ritually marked.
Provenance
Discovered by a metal detector user on the Isle of Wight and declared Treasure in 2004.